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Illinois House Votes to Eliminate Perk for Retirees

Longtime state employees in Illinois would no longer be able get free health insurance  when they retire under legislation (SB 1313) approved by the Illinois House on May 9.The  vote is part of a push...

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Crunch Time for Illinois Lawmakers

Illinois lawmakers are heading into the home stretch of their 2012 session. But they still need to approve a budget before they can adjourn.They've been working for months to try figuring out how  they...

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Illinois Pension Talks Turn to School Funding Issues

It's doubtful Illinois' pension crisis will be resolved soon.Legislative leaders and the governor met Thursday, June 21 to discuss whether the state or local school districts should pay retirement...

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Illinois Lawmakers to Tackle Pension Reform (Again)

Governor Pat Quinn has called lawmakers back to Springfield for a one-day special session to reform the state's pension systems.But so far he doesn't have a plan beyond that."We've had proposals this...

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Sullivan Opposes Pension Reform Plan

Democratic Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) support a proposal to shift the pension funding burden from the state to local school districts.But State Senator...

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Quinn: Funding Decline If Higher Ed Pensions Not Changed

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office is touting a one-page analysis claiming higher education will suffer if lawmakers fail to address Illinois' pension problem.In the so-called study, Quinn's budget...

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Pension Reform Goes Nowhere; Lawmakers Go Home

No pension legislation moved through the Illinois General Assembly during Friday's special legislative session.Democrats pushed along a plan to cut pension benefits for  state elected politicians and...

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Frese Blames Pension Crisis on Leadership Gap

Republican Illinois State Senate candidate Randy Frese of Paloma said the state's pension problems are a sign of broken government, which he said was caused by a lack of leadership.Frese said the...

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The Roots of the Illinois Pension Crisis

Most Illinoisans seem torn between anger about state pensioners supposedly getting rich off taxpayers, and concern about state-worker neighbors caught between incompetent lawmakers and greedy credit...

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